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My biggest hindrance/frustration is that when someone else has something come up, I let my scheduled plans fall to the wayside. I choose to do it, and then get frustrated when my plans did not get accomplished.

Biggest challenge is storage. We have no attic and our one small outbuilding is full with my husbands tools and lawn care things. I would like to better organize our “office,” but the closet in there is filled with his hunting stuff. (My clothes take up two other closets in the house, so I’m not pointing fingers!) I am trying to come up with an affordable and also eye-appealing way to organize and store office, sewing and crafting things in one small room… The cheapo, small book shelf from Target and mismatched tables, desks, and fining cabinets from college are not efficient or good looking! But they are affordable :)

My issue with organizing is ME! I have pockets of organization, but if I don’t want to organize something, it gets placed at the bottom of my to-do list and I never quite make it to the bottom of the list…. I also tend to save things just in case it can be used later. Some things I have are still waiting on “later.” Linked to your blog on facebook!

Hi Susie, I have ADD and I would really like to blame my organizational problems on that. The truth is however, I have a lot of stuff for my business and I just like stuff! You know things like magazines, photo’s, books, and bibles (I think I have 8 at last count) I guess you could call me a collector of stuff! I could spend hours in the container store because…I love all that stuff! Hugs to you for this fabulous blog!

My husband works a 4-midnight job and it means that we end up staying awake pretty late. Its hard to wind down when he gets home for work. The problem with this is we sleep in too late then, and the day gets away from us. A goal for the new year is to be better at having a schedule for our day and not sleep so late. :o)

My biggest problem is cramming too many things in my schedule with the limited amount of time that I have. I always think I can accomplish all, then realize I can’t AFTER I’m already stressed about getting it all done. ;)

I feel if I could get up really early each day, like at 5 a.m., to get to the gym and get my day started I would have much more done and be more organized. Also, I need to get rid of more clutter. It just keeps coming, doesn’t it? Thanks for your blog. I love it!

I Love to organize. I organize everything, even things that don’t really need to be organized. Although I can’t think of an example right now. My problem is that I can’t understand and get frustrated when others (like my husband) don’t place the same value on organization.

My biggest organizational challenge is that I work full-time and have 4 kids at home in a fairly small apartment. With this many people, it is difficult to get everyone on the same page when it comes to cleanliness and organization.

My biggest organiziation challenge is that I live in the moment. Having a 9 month old daughter and the desire to spend every moment with her that I can, it’s a wonder I take a shower each day and get food on the table. Organizational projects (that need to be done badly) have slipped by the wayside. I figure I’ll get to them once she goes to preschool. :)

I love the idea of organizing and there is no better time than a new year. I become motivated and clean out a closet or two and although I love the feeling of accomplishment I feel, I somehow don’t manage to keep going and end up with a lot of stuff out on the floor that I cleaned out of the closet. It is suppose to be going somewhere…Goodwill, friends with children younger than mine, etc, but eventually it just ends up back in my closet!!

My biggest flaw in my schedule is getting it all done while my triplet 2 year olds are napping. I’ve learned to try to get it done while they are awake, but things like laundry and sweeping the floors can NEVER get done with three two year olds helping me. lol

I think my biggest issue with my schedule is the fact that I work a lot of spontaneous (not to mention unpaid) overtime. Like at least 15 hours extra per week and I’m scared to say no because my boss is pretty intense about “showing commitment”. The problem with this overtime is that even if I have something planned I have to set it aside to work late into the night. It sucks because I never know when I’ll be needed or when I will have free time and I feel like I’m on call. It’s hard to maintain a proper schedule due to this as well as plan some other events aside from work. Hopefully 2011 will be better!

I grew up at Hyde Park with you and absolutely love and adore your parents!! I enjoy reading your blog, i’ve told several friends about it. You are sooo real and it’s very refreshing to read!!! Thanks for all your blogs and all you write about!!! It’s encouraging to me and i love reading!!! Thanks and Happy New Year!!! Nancy Also, loving reading your parenting book, it’s so good!!!

We always have home projects in progress, usually more than one at a time. Which means at any given point there is a room (or two) in my house that is a disaster. This is what drives me crazy. My house will never be done.

My organizational challenge stems from too many papers! School papers, mail, receipts, kids’ artwork, bills, clipped recipes, decorating ideas ripped from magazines. Ugh! I need a system. I can never find what I need!

What a fun giveaway…I love that store! My biggest hurdle in organizing my schedule is me! lol I’m a procrastinator with a much too busy schedule. I’m a mom to 5 sweet children in which I homeschool, a wife, a homemaker, a once a week home party jewelry Advisor w/ lia sophia. Life is busy…I always think “there’s plenty of time” then it runs out!

The problem I have with my schedule is honoring my schedule. I go to lengths to establish a day that works, and then abandon it and the slightest interruption. I LOVE! the Container Store. My endorphins fire at the possibilities when I enter the store.

That I’m not too good at changing gears. If I’m at work, I’m good to be there. It’s hard to make the switch, pick up the kiddies and head home. Even worse is the switch at getting out the door in the morning. No wonder why I’m not a multi-tasker.

The fact that even when I write family time or margin on my calendar, I still think I am able to change that commitment for a request that comes from someone else. I need to remember to keep my family first and if I have margin written on the calendar, it’s for a reason and I shouldn’t break that commitment any faster than I’d break one I’ve made with friends or family. I never feel organized enough in any area of my life!

My biggest obstacle in organizing things is ME. I stumble over my own lack of love for routine, coupled with my great ability to appear highly put-together and talent for helping others get things done. So on the outside, people think my life is well-structured. On the inside, my physical (and thought) closet look just like yours.

The thing about my schedule that makes me crazy is that I can’t seem to get anywhere on time. I procrastinate and always try to squeeze in “5 more minutes” of what I am doing. I have to be more disciplined, especially with a little one on the way in the next two weeks!

Keeping up with laundry is my greatest organizational challenge! I can get it washed,dried and folded but the “putting away” is the hard part. It then accumulates into overflowing baskets. Perhaps 2011 is the year to make my three teens responsible for their own laundry?? Happy 2011 to you Susie and your readers!

My biggest issue is organizing the kids, the family, my husband, my career, and myself. Oh my, that all sounds like life ;o) Seriously the amount of paper stuff that comes into our house is overwhelming and I have a need to keep everything in case I may need to reference it!

I seem to always underestimate the amount of time required to get 3 kids ready and out of the door. I often chastise them for not being fast enough, when in reality it’s MYSELF that’s lacking in time management! I hope to be more efficient 2011.

My biggest obstacle in my schedule would be my inability to accurately budget time for each activity. I either plan an excessive amount of time or run out of time – – like yesterday, when I figured an hour would be plenty of time to pick up groceries and came home more than 90 minutes later.

My main problem with organization is unfortunately not one that can be fixed. My brother in law has ALS and my sister has MS, so between taking care of my family, helping take care of their families, work, and church, I seem to run out of time in the day. I have a hard time keeping my house clean much less organized! Ha ha But I love my God, my family, and my life, and I wouldn’t change a thing!

The biggest difficulty in organizing my schedule is the absolute unpredictability of relational ministry. People don’t often have needs at times that are convenient to me :) Therefore, things I had planned on doing often have to be shuffled around or ignored completely. Which means that closet oranizing is basically non-existent in my life!

Megan – I write about that in The Time of Your Life. Those are the ‘unscheduled appointments’ … the ones God has scheduled that I am often clueless about. I love that you let him schedule them in your life.

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